Most actively traded companies on the TSX

TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (13,272.30 down 39.37 points):

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNR). Oil and gas. Down $2.35, or 5.47 per cent, at $40.60 on 14,249,135 shares. Production at the company’s Horizon oilsands plant in northern Alberta was suspended after fire broke out in an upgrader.

MagIndustries Corp. (TSX:MAA). Mining. Up 1.5 cents, or 5.88 per cent, at 27 cents on 11,313,022 shares. The metals and mining sector dipped 0.15 per cent on the TSX.

EMED Mining Public Ltd. (TSX:EMD). Mining. Up 4.5 cents, or 18 per cent, at 29.5 cents on 7,813,326 shares.

Medoro Resources Ltd. (TSX:MRS). Mining. Down a penny, or 0.43 per cent, at $2.30 on 7,210,865 shares.

Viterra Inc. (TSX:VT). Agribusiness. Up 75 cents, or 7.83 per cent, at $10.33 on 6,082,356 shares.

TSX Venture Exchange (2,225.39 up 8.21 points):

Northern Star Mining Corp. (TSXV:NSM). Mining. Up 1.5 cents, or 42.86 per cent, at five cents on 14,565,111 shares.

Brookemont Capital Inc. (TSXV:BKT). Mining. Up six cents, or 20.34 per cent, at 35.5 cents on 8,083,300 shares.

Companies reporting major news:

Homburg Invest Inc. (TSX:HII.A). Property owner. Up 37 cents, or 9.02 per cent, at $4.47 on 26,276 shares. The Halifax-based company sold its Nurnberg property in Germany to help reduce debt. It did not disclose terms of the transaction but said the effect was to remove about $135 million of long-term debt from its balance sheet.

Jean Coutu Group (TSX:PJC.A). Pharmacy. Down nine cents, or 0.93 per cent, at $9.57 on 413,269 shares. Third-quarter profits rose to $48 million from $44.6 million a year ago, beating analyst estimates. Revenues were down slightly to $677.3 million from $678.1 million.

Priszm Income Fund (TSX:QSR.UN). Restaurant operator. Down 1.5 cents, or 9.38 per cent, at 14.5 cents on 53,200 shares. Priszm withheld another franchise payment to Yum! Restaurants International as the owner of several Canadian KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut locations continues to restructure. The $2-million franchise fee had been due Wednesday.